Faded Coat Of Blue

The Waller Brothers

Written by J.H. McNaughton

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                        F
My brave man sleeps in his faded coat of blue
C                                                   G7
In a lonely grave unknown lies a heart that beat so true
C                                         F
He sat faint and hungry among the Spanish braves
C                                G7                C
And they laid him sad and lonely within a nameless grave

Verse 2

F
No more the bugle calls the weary one
G7
Rest noble spirit in a grave unknown
C                                                  F
For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
C                                    G7            C
Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue

Verse 3

F
He cried give me water and just a little crumb
C                                                          G7
And my mother she would bless you through all the years to come
C                                           F
And tell my sweet sister so gentle good and true
C                                  G7               C
That I'll meet her up in heaven in my faded coat of blue

Verse 2

F
No more the bugle calls the weary one
G7
Rest noble spirit in a grave unknown
C                                                  F
For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
C                                    G7            C
Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue

Verse 4

F
He said my dear comrade you cannot bear me home
C                                                            G7
But you'll mark my name for mother she'll find me and she'll come
C                                            F
I fear she'll not know me among the good and true
C                                  G7            C
When I meet her up in heaven in my faded coat of blue

Verse 2

F
No more the bugle calls the weary one
G7
Rest noble spirit in a grave unknown
C                                                  F
For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
C                                    G7            C
Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue

Verse 2

F
No more the bugle calls the weary one
G7
Rest noble spirit in a grave unknown
C                                                  F
For we'll find you and know you among the good and true
C                                    G7            C
Where a robe of white is given for a faded coat of blue